STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE METAL CATION INCORPORATION IN THE CATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR OF ZSM-5 ZEOLITES

ZSM-5 zeolites with Si/Al molar ratio of 17 were synthesized by hydrothermal method. Afterwards, cobalt and chromium were incorporated via wet impregnation in a 3 metal wt %. According with X ray diffraction patterns, matrix structure and cristallinity are not affected by transition metals incorporation. Even though, Co3O4 and Cr2O3 species are detected for Co-ZSM-5 and Cr-ZSM-5 samples, respectively. Room temperature magnetization measures showed transition metal effect over diamagnetic zeolite matrix behavior with the appearance of hysteresis cycles which do not saturate due to a paramagnetic component. Both materials were evaluated as catalysts for styrene selective oxidation with hydrogen peroxide showing good results in terms of activity with high selectivity values ( over 70 mol%) towards benzaldehyde.